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A Natural Masterpiece Colorful orchids inspire and delight

The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Shining brightly for 150 years

The Sunny Side of Life Why Palm Beach County draws cartoonists

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Local restaurants that celebrate culture and cuisine, Maestro Bob Lappin, the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s new home and more

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Palm Beach County’s orchid growers cultivate color and inspiration.

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the bright side of life:

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palm beach county's sunny climes have drawn cartoonists for decades

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During the dark days of the Depression, whimsy and humor found a home under Palm Beach County’s sunny skies.

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follow the light The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, a beacon of light for mariners and history buffs, is still shining brightly after 150 years.

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‘i’ll have the crab cakes… with a side of poetry’ Local restaurants are satisfying the county’s appetite for culture and cuisine by encouraging the arts.

By M.M. Cloutier

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The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is on the move.

By Rena Blades

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art&culture explores Palm Beach County’s rich history.

By Christina Wood

1 7 upfront

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• An innovative new arts integration pilot program encourages creativity in the classroom.

• A special exhibit of Clyde Butcher’s compelling black and white photography is on display at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. • Strong ticket sales lift Maltz Jupiter Theatre to new heights.

• Ron Palillo joins the faculty at G-Star School of the Arts.

• Palm Beach Photographic Centre opens its new doors in West Palm Beach.

• Festival of the Arts BOCA announces its 2010 lineup and an intriguing art-to-music performance.

• Quantum Foundation invests in the neighborhood and its youth.

2 2 art in unexpected places The islands of the Bahamas are known for their natural beauty, snorkeling, pristine and uninhabited beaches, and friendly people. At least one of the islands should also be known for artists.

By Rena Blades

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Preserving the Great American Songbook, promoting music education and entertaining audiences are labors of love for Maestro Bob Lappin.

2 8 calendar The fall season swings into high gear with a crisp, breezy lineup of cultural events scheduled in November and December.

5 1 inside culture The Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary; the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens gives children a taste of what life is like halfway around the world; the Palm Beach Poetry Festival gears up for 2010; and much more insider news.

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Cultural Council Board of Directors Officers Michael J. Bracci, Chair Pamela O. Dean, Treasurer Michael D. Simon, Secretary Directors Clarence Anthony Carole Boucard Howard Bregman Cecile Draime

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Both literally and figuratively, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council is on the move.

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You might have read or heard that we are in the formative stages of a plan to move our offices to Lake Worth within the next two years. This is a very exciting prospect for our organization – and one that will fulfill a vision that was strongly articulated in our strategic plan when we adopted it more than four years ago.

With programs serving more than one million people annually, including services to cultural organizations, artists, citizens and tourists, our board and staff firmly believe that the Council is ready for a new physical location that fully supports our mission and our mandate. We feel it is important for us to own, rather than rent, our facility – and for it to be centrally located within the county.

What’s more, we envision a facility that not only enhances the success of our existing efforts but also allows us to expand our services. Specifically, we would like our new location to encompass a visitor center for distribution of tourist-related materials, an exhibition space for Palm Beach County artists, meeting space where non-profit cultural organizations can hold board meetings and other functions and space for training and professional development programs.

We took a significant step toward this goal a few weeks ago when the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency pledged $700,000 to assist the Council in renovating a building within an area that it is planning to revitalize with a focus on arts and culture. We are evaluating a number of sites at this time and will have more to report in the months ahead.

With respect to our more figurative forward motion, I am very pleased by the progress we’ve made this year on helping our county’s cultural organizations to deal with the continuing impact of economic pressures – and also in supporting our commitment to art education.

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As you can read in this issue’s Cultural Council N ews section, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners allocated $473,500 to the Cultural Council for use in promoting our cultural organizations and attractions to out-of-county visitors. We know that tourism makes a major economic impact – and we are delighted to play a key role in this locally oriented stimulus program.

In addition, by piloting a new grant program, known as Building Learning Communities through the Arts (BLCTA), we are taking important steps to expand and advance arts and cultural education programs in our county’s middle schools – another key aspect of the Cultural Council’s strategic plan. You can learn more about this initiative in our Upfront section.

While we are discussing forward motion, I also want to express the Council’s appreciation to the County Commissioners for their recent decision to preserve funding for our Cultural Development Fund: Small and Emerging Organizations grants program, rather than cutting these dollars from the county’s 2010 budget. The commissioners acknowledged the economic impact that these organizations make – and we are grateful that they took this positive action.

It is significant that we are making progress on many fronts at a time when arts and cultural organizations are continuing to wrestle with the ups and downs of the economy. I can assure you that each step forward we take will be on firm footing – and with a measured pace. We are optimistic about what the future holds and appreciate your ongoing support as we continue our journey.

Rena Blades President and CEO Palm Beach County Cultural Council

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IT’S A LONG STORY ...

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People all over the world rave about Palm Beach County’s many alluring qualities. Our beaches are the best, our restaurants divine. Theaters, museums, concert halls, galleries and cultural centers from every corner of the county are bursting with creative possibilities. Vibrant colors bloom in our gardens year round. Our stars always shine.

When it comes to history, however, people tend to underestimate us.

As president and CEO of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society, Jamie Stuve spends her days basking in the glow of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. N othing riles her up more than hearing someone say that South Florida doesn’t have much in the way of history. It’s easy to understand why, when you turn to page 42 in this issue of art&culture! In “Follow the Light,” we shed light on the 150-year-old landmark – and the 5,000 years of history surrounding it.

In “The Bright Side of Life: Palm Beach County's Sunny Climes Have Drawn Cartoonists for Decades,” found on page 38, writer Don Vaughan takes us inside a little-known chapter in the county’s history with a colorful story about a Depression-era cartoonists’ colony centered in

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Delray Beach. On page 32 John Loring explores the roots of our passion for orchids in his feature “Designing Nature.”

On page 46, we reveal a modern twist on the ancient relationship between artists and their patrons as M.M. Cloutier introduces us to a number of local restaurants that are supporting the arts in their own unique way.

And, of course, in this issue of art&culture, you’ll also find, page after page, devoted to the entertaining activities and events, educational opportunities and outstanding artistic achievements that contribute so much to Palm Beach County’s appeal. Every day, through the power of imagination and through the very real economic impact of the arts, our cultural organizations are helping to write the next chapter in the history of our community.

It’s a long story – and it keeps getting better.

Enjoy,

Christina Wood Managing Editor

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Once again, in the annual U.S.News & World Report survey on America’s Best Hospitals,

“Designing Nature” (page 32) author John Loring was a contributing writer and N ew York Bureau Chief at Architectural Digest. He served as the design director of Tiffany & Co. for 30 years and has written numerous books on style and social history. John graduated from Yale University, completed four years of graduate studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and has an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute.

With a lifelong interest in the arts inspired largely by his highly creative parents, Leon Rubin has been writing about arts and culture for more than three decades. A Boca Raton resident for almost 17 years, Leon was actively involved in children’s theater and helped to establish the Boca Raton Cultural Consortium. He now contributes to art&culture virtually from the home that he and his wife, Suzi, share in the mountains above Dahlonega, Georgia.

ophthalmologists from around the countr y ranked Bascom Palmer Eye Institute the best eye hospital in the United States.

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M.M. Cloutier is a West Palm Beach-based freelance writer who has written extensively about art and culture in Palm Beach County and elsewhere. Throughout her career, she has also written numerous profiles and covered business, cuisine, fashion and more for such newspapers as The N ew York Times, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Daily News, among others, and for several magazines, including reporting for Time.

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Don Vaughan is an avid comic book collector who happily served as a docent at the International Museum of Cartoon Art. A freelance writer, Don was born and raised in Lake Worth. His work has appeared in an eclectic array of publications, including Mad Magazine, Military Officer Magazine and Cat Fancy.

N ew York native Jim Fairman was introduced to photography in high school and has rarely put his camera down since. The West Palm Beach resident is a busy freelance photographer who captures a diverse array of subjects from yachts and exotic cars to high fashion and flowers. Fairman has been a contibuting team member to art&culture since day one.

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Even during difďŹ cult economic times, the highest priority is helping people in need and in crisis. The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County ensures that the programs and institutions that strengthen, enrich and celebrate Jewish life always remain strong. From trips to Israel and adult education to ďŹ nancial assistance for preschools, day schools and community centers, Federation is empowering the next generation of Jews to build a vibrant Jewish future. Care to help? Visit JewishPalmBeach.org or call 561-478-0700 to donate or for more information.

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On Location Palm Beach Photographic Centre Finds a Home in City Center

KENNERLY DAVID HUME

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre has a new home – and that’s cause for celebration. A hearty cheer no doubt was heard echoing through the new 26,000-square-foot facility when the doors in the City Center complex in downtown West Palm Beach opened to the public for the first time in October; the clink of glasses and the fanfare of congratulatory toasts will wait for the Gala Grand Opening on November 13.

Fatima NeJame, president and chief executive officer of the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, announced that the nonprofit organization’s inaugural Grand Opening Exhibition at City Center will be Celebrating US! Photographs from Presidential Inaugurations & Historic White House Moments. Photographs will be on view that capture the emotion and drama of the presidencies of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard N ixon, Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy. The exhibit will run through early January.

“What better way to inaugurate the Palm Beach Photographic Centre’s beautiful new $11-million home in City Center than with an inauguration-based exhibition?” asks N eJame. “The theme of Celebrating US! has many meanings because we are celebrating the U.S., celebrating democracy, celebrating our wonderful new location and celebrating the incredible work of some remarkable photojournalists, several of whom will

attend our Grand Opening.” Presidential photographers David Hume Kennerly and Robert McNeely are heading up the guest list.

The Palm Beach Photographic Centre, founded in 1985, is dedicated to the enrichment of life through education, exhibitions, community programs, workshops and cultural activities that promote the art of photography and digital imaging. During the organization’s long tenure in Delray Beach, it earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading photo centers. With expanded exhibition space in which to showcase local and international artists, state-ofthe-art classrooms and collaborative community programs with the West Palm Beach Public Library, the Centre plans to continue building on that reputation in its new home at 415 Clematis St. call (561) 276-9797

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P e r s o n a l To u c h P o p u l a r A c t o r J o i n s t h e Te a c h i n g S t a f f a t G - S t a r S c h o o l o f t h e A r t s Ron Palillo, best remembered by fans of the classic television comedy Welcome Back Kotter as Horshack, has joined the G-Star School of the Arts as the new ninth grade acting teacher. Palillo recently starred in G-Star’s first feature film, It’s a Dog Gone Tale: Destiny’s Stand, co-starring Barry Bostwick. “I am so excited to be back in the classroom, especially teaching aspiring actors at such a young age,” Palillo says.

The G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting bills itself as the largest film, TV production and acting high school in the nation. As a nationally-accredited high school in good standing, the school offers a complete college preparatory education in all academics with honors classes, advanced placement classes and dual enrollment with Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Community College and Lynn University. The school also trains students in writing, directing, producing, acting and all aspects of film and TV production – in front of and behind the camera.

G-Star is the only high school in the world with a working motion picture studio on its campus. More than 40 films have been produced at G-Star Studios, including features, shorts, documentaries and more. The school’s students have the opportunity to serve as interns on multi-million dollar feature films, where they work side by side with the cast, crew, producers and directors. Future plans call for the construction of the largest film sound stage in Florida on the school’s property, located at 2030 S. Congress Ave. in call (561) West Palm Beach.

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M i c h a e l I s r a e l Te a m s U p w i t h F e s t i v a l o f t h e A r t s B O C A t o P a i n t t h e To w n In a performance described as “Cirque du Soleil meets Picasso” Michael Israel will perform live at the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater in Boca Raton on November 5. The intriguing international artist, a Boca Raton resident, will produce five original paintings during a dynamic stage performance set against a dramatic musical backdrop. Following Israel’s “Art-toMusic” performance, a live auction of the performed artworks will be conducted to raise funds for the benefit of the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park and the Festival of the Arts BOCA 2010, an annual celebration of music and literature that brings world-class musicians and authors to our community.

One of the paintings created on stage will be selected to serve as the artwork for the official 2010 festival poster.

Israel was on hand when the lineup for the fourth annual event, scheduled for March 5 through 13, 2010, was announced at a recent gathering at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center. This year’s festival will salute Russian artists past and present with a cadre of musical talent, including returning festival favorite and established orchestra-in-residence the Russian N ational Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning soprano Renée Fleming and virtuoso pianist Conrad Tao. Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim

Beloserkovsky, principal dancers with American Ballet Theatre, are also set to take the stage for a night of music and dance under the stars.

There’s a common theme woven into the lineup that surpasses the Russian accent. As Israel says, “Great art reaches beyond the senses and sensibilities to touch the soul.”

In addition to classical music, the Festival of the Arts BOCA 2010 will celebrate jazz, literature and film. A screening of the 1938 film masterpiece, Alexander Nevsky, featuring a score by Sergei Prokofiev, will be seen – and heard – in a concert performance featuring the Russian N ational Orchestra accompanied by the Pulitzer Prize-nominated chamber choir Seraphic Fire and Grammy Award-winner mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor. Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin and David Brooks, political contact the Centre for the Arts at pundit and editorial writer Mizner Park (561) 368-8445 or visit for The New York Times, will www.festivaloftheartsboca.org. headline the literary lineup.

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Spotlight On The Maltz Jupiter Theatre Enjoys a Stimulating Season The economy might be slow but the Maltz Jupiter Theatre reports that business at the box office has been brisk. Based on what theater officials termed “awesome” ticket sales over the past year, the theater’s status within the nationally renowned League of Resident Theatres (LORT) has been upgraded.

LORT, the largest theater organization of its kind in the nation, is dedicated to promoting the general welfare of resident theaters. The organization is responsible for agreements with Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage management in the United States, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union. Rankings within the organization are based on box office results.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, a professional not-for-profit

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regional theater with a mission to entertain, educate and inspire the community, is one of only four LORT-member theaters in Florida and, at 554 seats, it is the largest. Other prominent LORT theaters include the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and Palm Beach County’s own Florida Stage, located in Manalapan.

With a busy season ahead that includes new works, Florida premieres and proven crowd pleasers, the Maltz hopes to continue growing. “We’re very proud that this October, our theater will reunite Annie creator Martin Charnin with his original Annie, Andrea McArdle, in Love is Love,” says Scott Simmons, director of public relations at the theater. Other season highlights include the world premiere of Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl and the N ew York Musical Theatre Festival, featuring the debut of Academy , which was created through a MacArthur Foundation grant and showcased in the thecall (561) 743-2666 ater’s Emerging Artists Series.

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Clyde Butcher Brings His Unique Vision to the Boca Raton Museum of Art

Clyde Butcher’s compelling black and white photographs chronicle some of America’s most beautiful and complex ecosystems. Wilderness Visions, an exhibit of Butcher’s work on display at the Boca Raton Museum of Art through N ovember 8, celebrates untouched landscapes across the country, from the forests of the Pacific N orthwest and the rocky country of Utah and Colorado to the woodlands of the Chesapeake region and the wetlands of Florida.

For more than 30 years, the self-taught photographer has been preserving the undisturbed natural world on film, and for 20 of those years he has concentrated on Florida, the state he calls home. The exquisite beauty of his work draws the viewer into a relationship with nature. His images are captured with 8 x 10 inch, 11 x 14 inch, and 16 x 20 inch view cameras. The large format allows him to express in elaborate detail the textures that distinguish the beauty of the landscape.

“Wilderness, to me, is a spiritual necessity,” Butcher says. When his son was killed by a drunk driver, the Kansas City native turned to nature for solace. “The mysterious spiritual experience of being close to nature helped restore my soul. It was during that time, I discovered the intimate beauty of the environment. My experience reinforced my sense of dedication to use my art form of photography as an inspiration for others to work together to save nature’s places of spiritual sanctuary for future generations.”

Wilderness Visions was organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art, located at 501 Plaza Real in Mizner Park, Boca Raton. The museum presents changing exhibitions of national and international importance as well as a wide range of educational programs, lectures, gallery tours and studio art classes. The permanent collection at this South County jewel encompasses an impressive assembly of modern masters including works by Degas, Arman, Matisse, Modigliani and Picasso; American and European modern and contemporary works by artists ranging from Louise N evelson to Andy Warhol; an outstanding photography collection; and collections of Pre-Columbian and African art.

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A B e a u t i f u l D a y i n t h e Q u a n t u m Fo u n d a t i o n’s N e i g h b o r h o o d A colorful mural, a children’s garden just off Dixie Highway and creative educational opportunities are all part of the investment that the Quantum Foundation is making in the area surrounding its new home.

Since its inception in 1995, the foundation has distributed more than $75 million for health, education and community betterment programs. In announcing its Neighborhood Initiative last year, Quantum pledged half a million dollars in new funding to local nonprofits. “As we made an investment in bricks and mortar infrastructure by putting over $4 million into a new building at 2701 Australian so, too, did we want to make meaningful investments in the human and community infrastructure in our new neighborhood,” says Paul Gionfriddo, Quantum’s president. “We are excited about the collaborative work that so many small nonprofits and public agencies are doing in the area and we wanted to make our contribution to it.”

Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast was among the recipients of the foundation’s neighborhood grants. It was awarded $25,000 for a project called the “Healthy Choices for Living Mural” that involves youth from

the agency’s Teen Time program. The students, ages 11 through 17, studied issues ranging from eating habits and exercise to mental health and self-expression as they worked in collaboration with community leaders and local business owners to design a mural that would not only highlight healthy lifestyles but also reflect the diversity of cultures, generations and personalities in the neighborhood in an effort to promote unity and cohesiveness.

Working with professional artists, the teens created designs for the mural and then presented their work before the City of West Palm Beach’s Art in Public Places Committee. After a design was selected and approved, it was time to get out the paintbrushes. The mural is now prominently displayed at 702 Northwood Rd. in West Palm Beach, where organizers hope it will not only add beauon the Teen Time program, ty and a point of interest to the call (561) 848-6402. For information surrounding neighborhood but on the Quantum Foundation, also serve to strengthen community ties and pave the way for future call (561) 832-7497 collaborative efforts or visit www.QuantumFoundation.org.

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Outside The Box Innovative New Arts Integration Grant Program Off to a Promising Start Creativity is the common denominator among the first grant recipients of a new pilot program from the Palm Beach County Cultural Council. Building Learning Communities through the Arts and Culture (BLCTAC) is an innovative initiative designed to encourage arts and cultural organizations to teach social studies through arts integration to middle school-aged children in the public school system.

A grant panel of local arts and cultural education supporters reviewed and evaluated the grant applications and recommended matching grants of $17,500 each to the Center for Creative Education, Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Music and Fine Arts and Young Singers of the Palm Beaches. The goal of this project is to expand and advance outcome-driven arts and cultural education programs for middle school children and their teachers.

The Center for Creative Education (CCE) will partner with Chancellor Charter School in Lantana, Okeeheelee Middle School in Greenacres and Woodlands Middle School in Lake Worth. The CCE will also join forces with the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and incorporate various teaching artists to provide Florida history lessons using art forms such as pottery, puppetry, gardening, quilting/costuming, photography and creative writing.

Palm Beach Atlantic University will use dance to teach students at Conniston Community Middle School in West Palm Beach about correlations that exist among diverse cultures around the world.

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sounds, chants and songs that represent the religion, lifestyles, governments and laws of various time periods and cultures to teach world history in their partnership with Carver Middle School in Delray Beach.

As part of the pilot grant program, Dr. Gail Burnaford, professor of teacher education at Florida Atlantic University and author of Arts Integration: Frameworks, Research & Practice, will provide teaching artists and classroom teachers with three half-day professional development workshops focused on arts curriculum development, building artist-teacher teams and documenting and assessing art education programs.

Building Learning Communities through the Arts and Culture is being funded by grants from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust and the N ational Endowment for the Arts as well as the sale For more information about BLCTAC of Florida’s “State of the Arts” license plates in Palm please visit, www.palmbeachculture.com/ learningcommunities.

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Of Art in Unexpected Places

by Rena Blades

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round these parts, summer means time to recuperate after a busy social season, and this year, for my family it meant high adventure. When we made plans for a sailing trip, I had no idea I would be endangering life and limb. Tropical breezes, rum drinks, leisurely swims while snorkeling surrounded by stunning reefs – these are the things I imagined when my husband and I first discussed a two-week sail to the Bahamas leaving from the Lake Worth Inlet.

However, I should have been humming, “…a three-hour tour…” from Gilligan’s Island! What we experienced could curl a pirate’s hair. But, that’s another story.

The islands of the Bahamas are known for their natural beauty, snorkeling, pristine and uninhabited beaches, and friendly people. At least one of the islands should also be known for artists. We arrived at Green Turtle Cay ready for some land-based sightseeing after having spent six nights on the move. As we bombed around the charming, picturesque little island in our golf cart, we saw a sign for handmade boat models, and we stopped in.

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In a densely packed, charming little house in New Plymouth, we met Vertrum Lowe, descendent of Albert Lowe, a well-known ship builder from the Bahamas. Here, he makes intricate, meticulously planned models of a variety of ships. With his dachshund at his feet, we heard stories of his family and his love of the Abacos. And we learned that his brother lived just up the hill, where his gallery entertained visitors from all over the world.

Up the hill, through the lush foliage and around a corner we saw the sign − Lowe Gallery − and there, in rare air-conditioned coolness (a real treat for these weary summer vacationers), we met Alton Lowe. As his aesthetic adventure unfolded, we felt the conquistador’s sense of discovery – as if we were the only art adventurers to have stumbled upon this great talent, this accomplished artist. I learned quickly, from Alton’s stories, that he is not only talented, but he is also extraordinarily accomplished and well-trained. He left home at age 16 to live and study in New York for many years, but the stories, history and beauty of the Abacos brought him back. At this point in his career, he enjoys

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sold-out one-person exhibitions, a regular gig illustrating many of the postage stamps for the Bahamas and a burgeoning profession in documentary films that explore the archeology and rich history of these islands.

Both Vertrum and Alton Lowe are charming and talented ambassadors for this sun-kissed paradise where the islands hold stories of the native peoples, the early European explorers and later development. Each of their creative endeavors evokes some piece of the heart of the Abacos. Vert reveals the love of the old sailing vessels that dominated these azure seas; the boats are pure nostalgia. Alton weaves a visual articulation of the people that have inhabited and made beautiful these remote islands. He is a talented portrait artist with the rare gift of imbuing his subjects with soul, with a sense of the life they lived and experiences they had with others.

And here we were for one short day, lucky enough to spend a few hours drinking in their life’s work, all of us inspired and curious.

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The Maestro:

Bob Lappin KNOWS HOW TO HIT THE RIGHT NOTES

When Bob Lappin isn’t boating, attending a live concert or cooking up a great pasta sauce, he can be found sitting at the piano, where his musical prowess and personality shine through. With two pianos in his home, Lappin is often tickling the ivories in preparation for another performance with the Palm Beach Pops, the orchestra he founded in 1991.

As a young boy, Lappin practically lived at the State Theater in Hartford, absorbing the sounds of the era’s top bands and singers. “I became hooked on the Big Band sound and I’ve been hooked ever since,” he proudly declares. By the age of 12, he was playing dance hall gigs in Connecticut. His keyboard skills earned him a contract with Music Corporation of America straight out of college and a tour throughout the country with his trio, including an engagement at Taboo on Worth Avenue. Years later he would return to Palm Beach to visit family; eventually, he bought a home and settled here. “I enjoyed performing, but didn’t like the traveling,” he reflects.

With a commitment to preserving the American Songbook and a mission to provide artistic excellence and youth education via concert performances and community outreach, the Palm Beach Pops, under Lappin’s guidance, quickly developed into a force on South Florida’s cultural scene.

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Jack Jones and Bob Lappin

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Lappin says the orchestra is his life. “A tremendous amount of love and labor went into the orchestra. Aside from my family, the Palm Beach Pops is my proudest accomplishment.” As conductor and music director, Maestro Lappin devotes more than 80 hours a week to researching concert themes, creating new orchestrations of American Songbook music, recruiting singers and musicians and rehearsing. N early every lunch and many dinners involve the business of the orchestra.

Although Lappin’s daily agenda is full, he finds time for his daughter Lisa, son Jon and three grandsons who live in Palm Beach Gardens. Over the years, he has also made time to encourage young people throughout the community to take an active interest in music.

“All students need to have a variety of arts experiences,” he says.

“The underserved children of Palm Beach County have few opportunities to learn about the arts. Exposure to orchestral music and contact with positive role models encourages these children to develop dreams and overcome their circumstances.”

Lappin created the Music & You Education Program in 1998 to target at-risk students who don’t have music programs in their schools. More than 70,000 elementary school children have graduated from the program, which currently reaches 10,000 new students annually. The students are also invited to attend a live performance of the Palm Beach Pops with their families at no charge.

Under Lappin’s direction, the Palm Beach Pops also extended a hand to the community in 2001, when the 51-year-old Boca Pops orchestra was forced to file for bankruptcy − leaving subscribers holding worthless tickets. The Palm Beach Pops honored those tickets, welcoming more than 3,000 of the stranded Boca Pops subscribers.

Maestro Lappin’s musical achievements and outreach efforts have not gone unnoticed. Lappin appeared at Carnegie Hall in a star-studded N ew York Pops tribute to its late founder, Skitch Henderson, and has served as guest conductor with the Pittsburgh, Omaha, Calgary, Chattanooga and Florida Orchestras as well as the Seattle and Syracuse Symphonies, among others. He and the Palm Beach Pops were invited to perform at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City’s Lincoln Center – a first for any Florida orchestra. He’s been given the key to the City of West Palm Beach – twice – and, in 2004, he was honored by Florida Atlantic University with the Cultural Leader of the Year Award for his outstanding leadership, community outreach and education.

Lappin’s success also extends beyond the concert hall. An astute businessman with a history of turning struggling businesses around, he bought a failing Pepsi Cola bottling company, reorganized it and then expanded it by acquiring additional franchises in the Northeast. After that, he went into the radio business, purchasing several stations, including WOLL-FM in West Palm Beach.

It was a passion for the Great American Songbook, however, that inspired the Maestro to achieve his own version of the American Dream. It is a dream he has been sharing with the community since 1992, when he and the Palm Beach Pops debuted on the Kravis Center Stage to a standing ovation. During that first season, the Pops performed three concerts; 18 years later, during the 2009-2010 season, Lappin will lead the orchestra in a record-setting 36 subscription concerts.

“The same thing applies in both business and music,” Lappin says.

“You have to work hard and be creative. You must be assertive, not be afraid to take that next step and never give up.”

“Aside from my family, the Palm Beach Pops is my proudest accomplishment.”

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What is the most important thing that we can do today to ensure that American Songbook music is enjoyed by future generations?

I started my love affair with the power of music when I was a young boy growing up in Middletown, Connecticut. I can remember all of the different aspects and memories of my life through some song. In order to ensure the legacy of the American Songbook and all music, we must continue to support music education in our schools. With our families and loved ones, we must share the brilliance of musicians like Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin. It is music that captures the elegance of a particular moment or even inspires us to action.

How old were you when you first knew that you wanted a career as a musician?

In kindergarten, my teacher shared with my Mom that I had a knack for music. I think that in many ways, music has always been my first passion. In high school, I think I made my parents very nervous with my dream of wanting to be a big band leader. So, I studied both music and business, which gave me a great background to pursue my dreams.

If you could bring any of the late, great artists of the 20th century together for an all-star Pops concert, who would you choose?

Wow, this is a tough question because there are so many outstanding artists to choose from. Mel Torme would have to be on my list. He was a fantastic entertainer, an outstanding composer and he was just such a tremendous talent with the best charisma. Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all jazz musicians, so he would be there for sure along with the “First Lady of Song,” Ella Fitzgerald.

She had such beauty in her voice. On the piano, I would choose Vladimir Horowitz. He was one of the greatest pianists of all time and I enjoy listening to many of his recordings. It’s a thrill just to think about these great musicians appearing together on one stage!

Did you love or hate piano lessons?

As a young boy, I enjoyed learning to play the piano. However, at the age of 12, I showed up at one of my lessons unprepared. As you can imagine, my teacher was not pleased. She said, “Bob, you are such a bad musician that you will be lucky to just clean the keys of the piano much less ever play them.” I left that lesson and knew immediately that I would work even harder to prove her wrong. My favorite lessons were in college when my teachers would use the side-by-side piano approach. It was such an effective tool for me.

And, I still enjoy the opportunity to have two pianos playing together on the stage.

What feelings do you have when you raise your baton to conduct the very first notes of a new season?

My first feelings as I lift the baton are of sheer joy and elation. I thrive off the energy of the orchestra and the audience members. To hear all of the notes, instrumentations and orchestrations come alive on stage is truly exhilarating. I also have such a feeling of gratitude to the musicians. It is a wonderful opportunity for me to be able to share the talent of these musicians with our audiences.

Have Palm Beach Pops’ audiences changed since 1991?

If so, how?

Our audiences are always changing, which is so exciting for me to witness and be a part of. As current musicians like Rod Stewart, Queen Latifah, and Michael Buble introduce their audiences to the sounds of the Great American Songbook, more people are exposed to our kind of music.

When you want to listen to music for pure enjoyment, what record or CD do you play more than any other?

I am listening to Chris Botti right now. I saw him at the Kravis [Center for the Performing Arts] last year and he plays everything. He is a true crossover artist and I enjoy his music. I also enjoy listening to our Palm Beach Pops CD, “Yours is My Heart Alone.”

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{upfront-calendar} Emalee Andre, Sunflower Birds, 36”x36”, acrylic and collage on canvas

Northwood University demonstrates its commitment to creativity and the arts by hosting a variety of exhibitions each year in its Jeannette Hare Art Gallery. Featured from November 2 through December 3 are works by members of the National Association of Women Artists. Next up is a showcase for the Palm Beach Watercolor Society, which runs from December 7 until February 4. 2600 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach; (561) 478-5532 or www.northwood.edu.

The ’50s live on as a new revival of Grease, featuring American Idol winner Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel, revs up the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts’ 2009-2010 Kravis On Broadway Series. The November 10-15 rock n’ roll celebration features, for the first time ever in a Broadway staging, songs from the hit 1978 film including “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.” 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-7469 or www.kravis.org.

Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson’s World of Jewtopia lands on the stage of the Crest Theatre for an exclusive pre-Broadway run from November 11-15.

The 90-minute, multi-media, one-act show delivers non-stop laughter and outrageous fun. The New York Times calls it “Unstoppable!” Variety calls it, “Entertaining!.. Wild!... Raucous!... Certain to hit home with ALL observers, whatever their religion!” 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach; (561) 243-7922, ext. 1, or www.oldschool.org.

Gerber Daisy by Barry Seidman, 36” x 36”, archival pigment on canvas

Just after Barry Seidman’s appearance on the first Culture & Cocktails panel of the new season, an exhibition of his large-scale photographs on canvas, Bloomers, will open at the new Jupiter Community Center and remain on view through December 31. The opening reception will take place on November 13 from 6-8 p.m. and is open to the public. 200 Military Trail, Jupiter; (561) 741-2400.

The Florida Sunshine Pops pays tribute to its maestro, Richard Hayman, in three Palm Beach County concerts. In the 1940s, Hayman arranged music for MGM Studios and as the principal arranger for the Boston Pops for over 30 years, he created award-winning arrangements that are still being used today. November 15, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton; (800) 564-9539. November 16 and 18, Eissey Campus Theatre, 11051 Campus Dr., Palm Beach Gardens; (561) 278-7677.

Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg in Symphony in Three Movements. Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Last seen in South Florida almost a decade ago,

Photo © Joe Gato

modern choreographer Paul Taylor’s Company B is set to carefree World War II hits by the Andrews Sisters contrasted with the melancholy realities of soldiers at war. Also on the Miami City Ballet’s first program of the season are George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Symphony in Three Movements and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux. November 20-22, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; (561) 832-7469.

It’s been more than three decades since Dr. Jack W. Jones

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organized the Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches, and the 80-member ensemble continues to bring joy to the community. The group’s 31st season begins on November 29 with Vivaldi’s Gloria and Beatus Vir and Pergolesi’s Magnificat. Soloists are Hilary Ryon, soprano, and Ceci Grasso Dadisman, mezzo soprano. St. Edwards Catholic Church, 144 N County Rd., Palm Beach; (561) 845-9696 or www.masterworkschorusofthepalmbeaches.com.

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{upfront-calendar} A.R. Gurney’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated Love Letters, featuring Phyllis Spear and Paul Rosen, opens the Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s new season.

Directed by Geraldine Iaia, the poignant exchange of nearly 50 years of notes, letters and cards between two friends will be performed on December 4, 5 and 6. Willow Theatre, Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton; (561) 347-3948 or www.brtg.org.

Forest Hill Elementary School Dance Residency students performed at the 2008 Holiday Showcase.

The VSA arts Holiday Showcase, “Holiday Dreamin,” features seasonal performances by children and adults of all abilities − including a singing group, a variety of dance groups and musicians. This tribute to dance, song and music is an opportunity for people with disabilities to share their talents with the community. Duncan Theatre, Palm Beach Community College, 4200 Congress Ave., Lake Worth; (561) 966-7025.

Robin Arrigo (left) and Marlene Woodward-Cooper

The Palm Beach Atlantic University Symphony Orchestra presents a Fanfare Series concert featuring Mendelssohn’s Two-Piano Concerto with soloists Marlene Woodward-Cooper, a professor of piano at the university, and Robin Arrigo. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Borland Center, 4889 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. For tickets, call (561) 803-2970 or e-mail ticketcentral@pba.edu.

The HARID Conservatory’s ever-talented dancers serve up a delightful holiday mix of classical ballet, character and modern dance, plus HARID’s holiday tradition: Divertissements from The Nutcracker, Act II! December 12 and 13; Countess de Hoernle Theater, Spanish River Community High School, 5100 Jog Rd., Boca Raton; (561) 9988038 or in person at the HARID Ticket Office, 2285 Potomac Rd., Boca Raton.

The Amernet String Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University, has garnered worldwide praise and recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets. The ensemble rose to international attention after only one year of existence when it won the Gold Medal at the 7th Tokyo International Music Competition in 1992. The quartet performs as part of the Willow Theatre’s Concert Series. Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton; (561) 347-3948 or willowtheatre.org.

Celebrating more than a half-century of crowd-pleasing performances, The Four Freshmen is the nation’s longest-lasting vocal harmony group. From their first hit song, “It’s a Blue World,” to being voted Down Beat Magazine‘s Vocal Group of the Year in both 2000 and 2001, the group presents classic jazz-pop songs with cutting-edge vitality. The December 16-19 gig will be the Four Freshmen’s sixth appearance in The Colony Hotel‘s Royal Room. 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach; (561) 659-8100.

Jewish and Israeli music with a contemporary twist – from jazz and bossa nova to classical standards – comes to life vivaciously in the hands of the Sheba Ensemble, an all-female Jewish music ensemble. This talented young group of professional musicians will give a special holiday performance for children and families at 11 a.m. and a full concert at 2 p.m. in Zinman Hall at the Levis JCC, 9801 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton; (561) 852-3241 or www.levisjcc.org.

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“Mother Nature is the best designer” has been a credo of American art and design since the explorer-painters of the Philadelphia School that revolved around the Pennsylvania Academy set out to document the unparalleled natural and largely unexplored beauty of our new nation in the first years of the 19th century.

Those pioneer naturalists were followed, after the center of the arts in America moved from Philadelphia to New York in the mid-1830s, by the painters of the Hudson River School (Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Moran and Martin Johnson Heade), who made up N ew York’s artistic pantheon and whose paintings offered a romantic vision of America as a second paradise. Amongst these, Martin Johnson Heade (18191904) was arguably the greatest botanical painter our country produced.

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Yellow Vanda on bench, V. Rasrigold x Ascada. Kultanaspot (Brown flower behind yellow Vanda), Hybridized at McLane’s, Cattleya Velutina (species) crossed with Brasscattleya Binosa; Hanging basket with small white flowers in center, Brassavola Nodosa (species) (Lady on the Night) Fragrant Orchid

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Alocasia “Stingray”; Guzmani Bromeliads (Orange & Pink)

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Heade had a passion for painting orchids and so, not surprisingly, spent the last years of his life in Florida patronized by Henry Morrison Flagler, who maintained a painting studio for him at Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel in Saint Augustine from 1888 until 1904. There he painted both Florida’s otherworldly swampy landscapes and its stunning flora, and there Heade continued his famous series of orchid and orchid and hummingbird paintings that he had begun around 1870, often depicting the spectacular Cattleya labiatas of which he was so fond.

The London Tatler reported in 1900 on Florida’s 81-year-old star artist who “sketched many of the beautiful orchids in their native wilds, and since then has reproduced them many times, painting them as no one else can.”

Exotic orchids began to be shown in N orth America in the mid-1830s and the first spectacular specimen to be seen by Americans at home and to inspire botanists and collectors with its opulent beauty was a Cattleya mossiae imported by the prominent florist Isaac Buchanan in September 1840. Some 10 years later, there were American collections of hundreds of species of exotic flowers, and a first manual for orchid growers was published in 1852.

Orchids became a symbol of wealth and prestige during the two decades of the Gilded Age (circa 1873-1893) and were cultivated in the greenhouses of many of the rich and socially prominent of New York and Boston.

Martin Johnson Heade, of course, furthered the craze with his popular, colorful, and romantic series of paintings of South American orchids and hummingbirds.

By the late 1880s, the Gilded Age’s fascination with orchids was at its peak. Jay Gould, the flamboyant railroad baron, had orchid houses at his estate at Irvington-on-Hudson that were reputed to contain the finest collection in the world. Mary Morgan, the widow of steamship magnate Charles Morgan, had a collection to rival Gould’s which she had, like other avid and wealthy American collectors of orchids, imported at considerable expense from growers and hybridizers such as Veitch & Sons in London or F. Sander & Co. of Saint Albans, just north of London.

In 1885, the Morgan estate put its orchid collection up for auction. The sale began at 11:00 in the morning of September 30 and continued for four days, realizing a total of $20,700, a considerable sum at the time. At the auction Robert Veitch paid a whopping $750 to get back the Cypripedium morgania he had given Mary Morgan in London some years before. Jay Gould was the buyer of four lesser orchids for a paltry $225 on the first day of the sale. The highest price − $900 (around $21,000 in today’s dollars) − was paid for the Vanda sanderiana, a famous orchid that, as The New York Times reported, “was discovered by Mr. Sander, of St. Albans, England, after whom it was named, about two years ago, in some Oriental country, the name of which he has refused to divulge.”

The Times’ four-day report on the Mary Morgan estate sale demonstrates the orchid mania of the time.

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Phalaenopsis Cornucervi

Tibochina Grandifolia (Eight-Foot-Tall)

Spathoglotus “Terrestial Orchids�

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Paphiopedilum (Lady Slipper Orchid)

The sustained efforts of commercial orchid growers and hybridizers have by now put orchids well within the reach of the general public, and orchid mania is as alive and well as it has ever been. It flourishes in Palm Beach County − finding its addicts in collectors, painters, garden club enthusiasts, photographers, party planners and interior designers, drawn to their intense and vibrant colors, their extravagant forms, their graphically arresting patternings and their blatant sensuality.

One of the most intriguing collections of orchids available to the Palm Beach County public is at McLane’s Orchids in Glen Ridge, West Palm Beach, where their first orchid house was built 45 years ago. Today there are more houses and over 12,000 orchids that include seemingly endless varieties of vandas , phalaenopsis , oncidiums , cattlayas , cypripediums and dendrobiums, with new varieties continually being hybridized by the owners Richard and Alin McLane. They develop their hybrids for a combined appeal of flower and growth pattern as well as, they add, “their ability to survive the Palm Beach County summers.” In all likelihood, there are as many varieties of orchids at McLane’s as there were in the collections of Jay Gould and Mary Morgan combined. There are even exotic varieties of species orchids of nature’s own unaided design for the dedicated collector.

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Brassolaeliocattleya, hybrisized at McLane’s, Memorial Helen Brown crossed with Yellow Imp Crossed with Delta King

For another inspiring collection of nature’s own as well as hybridized, collectable tropical exotica available to the public, Excelsa Gardens in Loxahatchee offers a formidable collection of over half a million plants with 800 varieties. There are terrestrial orchids in profusion, but more unique are their offerings of bromeliads of every possible form, patterning, blossom, color and size. These extraordinarily colorful and graphic plants − whose leaves run from shocking pink to pale blue-green and that boast astounding inflorescences − can be as collectible as orchids, and like orchids can grow according to the species almost anywhere, including in trees. They can be as flamboyant as the Vriesea “Giant Inferno” with its towering vermilion and chrome yellow inflorescence or as charming as the aptly-named Neoregelia “Monet” with delicate pale blue water lily-like florets appearing to float on the “cup” of water it holds at its bright pink center.

In Excelsa Garden’s 25 acres you will also find alocasias (including the newly-developed “sting ray” variety), calathens, heliconias, stromanthes, exotic gingers and exotic palms and even carnivorous pitcher plants in all their graphic and colorful splendor that will not displease you in their spiritually compelling tropical exuberance. And there, as at McLane’s Orchids, you will find conclusive proof that here in Palm Beach County “Mother Nature is (still today) the best designer.”

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is in the eye of the beholder Palm Beach County offers incredible opportunities to explore the colorful world of orchids.

To get up close and personal with these stunning plants, plan a visit to one of these public gardens:

American Orchid Society 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach

Bromeliad Aechmea “Del Mar”

Vanda (Ascodenda) Pattayagold

For an eye-opening experience, visit the American Orchid Society, located just off Jog Road in Delray Beach. You’ll find a lush display of rare blooms, surprising shades and exotic shapes.

The Society’s mission is to promote and support the passion for orchids through education, conservation and research. In addition to three and a half acres of gardens and a 4,000-squarefoot greenhouse, you’ll find orchid classes on Saturday mornings through most of the year.

(561) 404-2000, www.aos.org

Mounts Botanical Garden 559 North Military Trail, West Palm Beach Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest public garden, boasts 14 acres of tropical and subtropical plants from six continents.

Shy orchids can be found among the impressive collection of temperate trees, tropical fruits, edible landscapes, palms, aquatics and plants native to Florida. As a component of the Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service, and through its affiliation with the University of Florida, Mounts provides access to Master Gardeners, the Florida Yards and N eighborhoods Program and professional horticultural advisors. Classes and workshops are offered regularly. (561) 233-1757 www.mounts.org

From left to right: Row of Aechmea “Del Mar”, Aechmea “Fantasia”, Neoregelia “Monet”, Neoregelia “Pablito”

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The Bright Side of Life: Palm Beach County's Sunny Climes Have Drawn Cartoonists for Decades

By Don Vaughan

Bottom photo: © Delray Beach News, 11-2/1934 Part of article, “Creative Genius’s Make Their Winter Home in Delray.”

Image provided courtesy of the Delray Beach Historical Society.

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Since the turn of the last century, Palm Beach County has been a popular spot for the rich, famous and infamous to wile away the winter months playing sports and basking on sun-drenched beaches. Movie stars, politicians and other shakers and movers have been the most familiar faces, but during the Depression years, Palm Beach County was also the seasonal home to an enclave of a different sort – cartoonists.

Indeed, some of the profession’s biggest names wintered in West Palm Beach, Delray Beach and Boca Raton, and many found the lifestyle so relaxing that they later retired here.

Milton Caniff, the creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon, was one of the county’s biggest advocates, eagerly recommending Delray Beach to his colleagues living in northern climes who were eager to take a break from the winter cold.

Perhaps even more enthusiastic was Fontaine Fox who, from 1915 to

1955, drew a very popular newspaper strip called Toonerville Folks. Fox was a trend-setting artist who shrewdly merchandised his cartoon creations to Hollywood and elsewhere, and did quite well for himself. So well, in fact, that, in the mid ‘30s, he hired architect John Volk, a contemporary of Addison Mizner, to design several cottages on SE Seventh Avenue in Delray Beach, which he rented to cartoonists and writers during the winter months, in effect turning the town into a seasonal artists’ colony. Among those who shed the cold there were W. E. Pat Enright, an editorial cartoonist for the New York American; Zack Mosley, who drew Smilin’ Jack; and Chic Young, the creator of Blondie. A few of Fox’s pals maintained their winter studios in what is now the Boyd Building on Atlantic Avenue.

As a place where many of the nation’s most influential cartoonists socialized and shared ideas, Palm Beach County in general and Delray Beach in particular hold a very special place in the history of American popular culture. The comic

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winter home in Boca Raton specifically so he and his wife, Cathy, could play the links.

Walker liked Boca Raton so much that in 1996 he relocated the International Museum of Cartoon Art there from New York, installing it in a gorgeous, 52,000-square-foot facility in Mizner Park. The museum’s collection boasted tens of thousands of pieces of original artwork, books and related items and was quite popular during its first few years, hosting lectures by such cartoon luminaries as Jules Feiffer and Stan Lee. However, when two of the museum’s largest financial backers later went bankrupt, Walker was forced to scramble for funding. When none could be found, he closed the museum in 2002 and donated its massive collection to the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library in Columbus.

Delray Beach’s seasonal cartoonists’ colony of the Depression era slowly disappeared as creators passed away and the town grew, but Palm Beach County

Top photo: Courtesy of the Delray Beach Historical Society.

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strip as we know it today was just four decades old during the Depression years (most historians acknowledge The Yellow Kid, which premiered in 1894, as the first real comic strip) but had by then developed into a unique and evolving art form, one that today is revered as fine art in Europe and Asia. The mid 1930s also witnessed the birth of the comic book, a first-cousin to the newspaper comic strip.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, many comic book creators, such as Martin Nodell, who, with writer Bill Finger, gave the world the Green Lantern in 1940, would also come to call Palm Beach County home.

What was it about Palm Beach County that drew so many cartoonists? The pleasant year-round weather was the biggest draw, of course, but for many good weather was just another excuse to play golf, the favored activity of a surprising number of cartoonists. A good example is Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Baily and Hi and Lois. A longtime resident of Connecticut, Walker purchased a

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WOW! Cartoon Art Exhibit Coming to Delray Beach!

Top photo: Delray Beach Historical Society

The Delray Beach Historical Society will be hosting an exhibit of cartoon art featuring original work

by W.J. “Pat” Enright and Herb Roth as well as examples from cartoonists Fontaine Fox and H.T. Webster. Mid-Century Cartoons: A Social Commentary will be available for viewing from November 3 through January 29 at the Society’s 1926 Florida Bungalow, located at 3 NE First St., and next door at the historic Hunt House, located at 111 N. Swinton Ave. For more information, contact the Delray Beach Historical Society at (561) 274-9578.

remained a popular destination among those in the whimsy biz. Prominent cartoonists who have called Palm Beach County home over the years include Tom K. Ryan (Boca Raton), the creator of Tumble Weeds ; Ray Osrin (Boca Raton), a former editorial cartoonist with the Cleveland Plain Dealer and a prolific comic book artist; Jim Berry (Boynton Beach), the creator of Berry’s World; Fred McCarthy (Delray Beach), the pen behind Brother Juniper; and Henry Boltinoff (Lake Worth), who illustrated numerous comic books as well as hundreds of gag cartoons for such prestigious magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers and Ladies’ Home Journal over his multi-decade career.

Palm Beach County has always been an artists’ haven.

It’s fun to note, however, that some of the most popular art produced here has been taped to refrigerator doors rather than hung on museum walls.

And that’s just the way their creators like it.

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FOLLOW the light: Jupiter Landmark Shines Brightly after 150 Years

By Christina Wood

For thousands of years people have been drawn to an unusual spit of land that kisses the shore where the waters of the Indian River flow into the Jupiter Inlet. Over the coming months, many more will be drawn to the location as the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, which crowns the historic site, prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday.

Long before the familiar red landmark lit up the night sky, ancient Indian tribes gathered here along the shores.

In 1513, Ponce de Leon sailed up the inlet, seeking fresh water and game. During a storm in September of 1696, Jonathon Dickinson, a Quaker from Philadelphia, was shipwrecked on nearby Jupiter Island; he and his 25 shipmates were captured by hostile Jeaga warriors; they endured five months of captivity before making their way north on foot to St. Augustine and safety.

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In 1853, Congress appropriated $35,000 for a lighthouse in Jupiter. Determining the best location was simple. Construction was another matter altogether. The project was plagued by Seminole attacks, mosquitoes, disease and intense heat. You could say the lighthouse stands as a testament to perseverance as well as to the rugged spirit of Florida’s 19th-century settlers. On July 10, 1860, its beam pierced the darkness for the first time.

Since then, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse has been a fixture in the life of the community and in the imagination of its residents. Over the years, it has guided mariners to safety and welcomed weary commuters home. For generations, its light has danced across bedroom ceilings and into our dreams. It has inspired artists and withstood storms.

“We’re not the first ones to appreciate this site,” says Kathleen Glover, assistant director of the Loxahatchee River Historical Society, which operates the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum. “There’s something about this place that draws people.”

Cooper Getschal is among the many who have fallen under its spell. From his front

porch, he can see both the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the Atlantic Ocean. His gaze – and his thoughts – often drift back and forth between past and present. “I wonder what it was like a hundred years ago,” he says.

Glover wonders about all the people who have sailed past this one particular stretch of sandy coast since the Spanish dubbed the peninsula Florida in the 1500s. She flashes back to the Indians who once plied the river in hand-carved boats when she sees paddle boarders gliding by outside her office window. And she still gets goose bumps when she thinks of the Dickinson party coming ashore.

“There’s so much history here it’s ridiculous,” Getschal says.

That history is neither dry nor dusty. It is full of life and light – shining in the night, reflecting off sparkling waters by day. And, best of all, it is on display at The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, where big ideas and broad strokes inhabit intimate display spaces, bold stories line the brick walkways and the view – from any angle – is timeless.

Climb the 105 winding cast iron steps spiraling to the top of the 108-foot lighthouse and you’ll get a new perspective on Palm Beach County. You could also find fresh insight in an exhibit chronicling Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee at the waterfront museum, housed in a restored World War II facility. A different chapter in our shared story inhabits each room, ranging from N ative American arts and artifacts to Florida’s maritime history, weather reporting and the wartime operations of Station J, a secret U.S. Navy installation designed to intercept German U-boat radio messages and warn Allied ships of enemy threats off

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the Florida coast. This fall, Jupiter’s oldest surviving house, the George Washington Tindall Homestead, built in 1892, will open its restored and relocated doors to allow visitors a glimpse of pioneer life in Jupiter.

In 1973, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Last year, President George W. Bush signed legislation designating the distinctive red landmark and 126 surrounding acres as the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding N atural Area, a singular distinction conveyed through the Department of the Interior’s N ational Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The NLCS contains some of this country’s most spectacular landscapes, from Arctic tundra to cactus deserts and mighty redwood groves. The Outstanding N atural Area (ON A) designation was established by Congress to protect unique scenic, scientific, educational and recreational areas for the enjoyment of current and future generations.

The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is the first ONA on the east coast and the only one of more than 850 sites within the NLCS that lies east of the Mississippi River. As officials from the Bureau of Land Management reported, “The Jupiter Inlet [Lighthouse] ONA is home to a remarkable array of natural and cultural resources. It is one of the rare geographical points on this planet where these two sets of values intersect in such striking fashion.”

The land itself seems infused with history, beauty and a sense of magic. The same confluence of waterways and abundant resources that once attracted native tribes and tempted Ponce de Leon to linger, now beckon youthful campers in summer and gentle manatees in winter. The Pennock Plantation Bell, which served as the community’s first fire alarm more than a century ago, can now be heard ringing peacefully across protected scrublands, where the Four-Petal Pawpaw – an endangered species found only in Martin and Palm Beach counties – the threatened Florida Scrub Jay and more than 20 other special-status species have found a home.

In the heart of it all, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse rises boldly against a sparkling backdrop. It serves as more than a proud reminder of the past. The lighthouse is a vibrant presence in the community, lighting the way forward. As Glover simply says, “I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love the lighthouse.”

The Loxahatchee River Historical Society is planning a full schedule of events to mark the 150th anniversary of the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, including special tours, lectures and celebrations. The big birthday bash is set for January 10, 2010. On July 10, 2010, the anniversary of the first lighting will be observed.

For more information, contact the Loxahatchee River Historical Society at (561) 747-8380 or visit www.jupiterlighthouse.org.

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‘I’ll have the crab cakes… with a side of poetry’ Palm Beach County restaurants serve up culture along with cuisine

By M.M. Cloutier

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n the vein of 19th-century Paris cafes that buzzed with the work and antics of the then-unconventional Impressionists,

some Palm Beach County restaurants are serving up locally bred culture with funk and spunk.

Generally small and independently owned, they’re blanketing their walls with neighborhood artists’ work or engaging on-site performances by local musicians, poets, actors and dancers.

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Call it cuisine meets Boheme; it’s an intriguing slice of life in a dining-out landscape increasingly populated with large, corporateowned restaurants luring their own set of followers.

Says Maurice Costigan, owner of West Palm Beach’s O’Shea’s, a longtime mecca for everything from poetry slams and live music to shepherd’s pie and fish and chips, “Reaching out to the local cultural community gives a certain meaning to the experience of food, drink and conversation.”

Palm Beach County restaurants exhibiting local artists’ work range from West Palm Beach’s Sunset Grill to Jupiter’s Too Bizaare. Grab a corner table at Juno Beach’s Hurricane Café and, within inches of your critically acclaimed crab cakes or coconut-shrimp salad, a cockeyed loggerhead turtle, crop-gathering farmers and the Juno Beach pier burst into color on canvas.

On Hurricane Café’s walls are 25-plus paintings by local artists, with most of the works reflecting the restaurant’s clean-lined casual, beachy atmosphere. Alongside are smaller photographs of the artists with their bios and personal statements. “We started showing local artists’ work

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about a year ago with the help of (area artist, curator and organizer) Brian Sullivan,” says Hurricane Café’s chef/owner Scott Philip, whose American cuisine has received high Zagat ratings since the café opened in 2001. “We’ve gotten such great feedback that when we recently redecorated, the colors we chose had a lot to do with the art.”

South of Hurricane Café, Costigan’s O’Shea’s epitomizes Palm Beach County restaurants cultivating homegrown performance art amid a let-your-hair-down vibe. Inside the pub − straight out of an Irish publican-house playbook − everyone from blazer-clad accountants to Bed Head 20-somethings commingle and groove to mostly local musicians and bands dishing up original tunes.

O’Shea’s, once a polestar of poetry events, turned 15 this year.

The Irish pub, where wall decorations include a wreath-like St. Bridget’s Cross, has grown to include sidewalk seating and a new wroughtiron-furnished courtyard. You’ve struck a pot o’ gold if an Irish band’s reeling Celtic dance music on fiddles, flutes, bones and bodhrans.

“When I think of who we are,” says Costigan, “I always remember an afternoon when a local judge off work early came by for a beer and

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Local Flavor

Satisfy your craving for culture and cuisine at these and other local eateries:

Dada 52 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach (561) 330-3232 • www.dada.closermagazine.com

Organic Music Café 332 N. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth (561) 667-8775 • www.organicmusiccafe.com

O’Shea’s Irish Pub & Restaurant 531 Clematis St., West Palm Beach (561) 833-3865 • www.osheaspub.com

Hurricane Café 14050 U.S. Highway 1, Juno Beach (561) 630-2012 • www.hurricanecafejuno.com

the only other person in the bar was a guy with a pink mohawk wearing a skirt. They ended up talking for an hour and a half, then parted the better for it.”

In Delray Beach, the old 1920s Tarrimore house has been home to a restaurant-meets-local performance art − think live acoustic/ reggae/indie music, magic acts, spoken-word hoopla and openmic nights − since 2000, when Rodney Mayo renovated the place and named it Dada after the early 20th-century iconoclastic art movement.

A tiki-torch lit yard and a porch dotted with couches and tables give way to cozy interior rooms; curiosities crowd the fireplace mantel and giant ants, the work of an imaginative artist, crawl across a wall. A zesty crowd dressed in everything from blazers and sundresses to scruffy jeans and black Goth-wear sip cocktails, nibble fondue or garlic- and honey-drenched grilled brie, and relish the ingenuity of some of South Florida’s top musicians.

During Dada’s boisterous first-Tuesday-of-the-month poetry slams, poets who call themselves Felicia, Tom, Knowledge or Optimistic take turns with their love sonnets, hilarity, politically charged verse or rhyth-

mic heartbreak. “We’ve always had a Dada spirit here,” says general manager Walter Harris. “You can’t come here and not feel connected.

You feel like you’re part of something kind of spontaneous.”

A relative newcomer to the scene is Organic Music Café, which local vocalist and musician Gayle Coursol opened four months ago in Lake Worth, a town that long has had a local-arts coffee-house tradition. Known simply as “the OMC” by its laid-back followers, Organic Music Café blends organic fare − from raw foods to veggie burgers − with wittingly mismatched furnishings, vibrant wall colors and a Herculean dose of interactive performance art, including drum circles led by locally based and nationally known hand-drummer Michael Moses.

Organic Music Café first opened its doors with a partial-week schedule, but demand has warranted a nightly and all-day Saturday and Sunday repertoire − blues, jazz, open-mic nights, belly dancers, Tibetan singing-bowl masters, chamber music and writers’ circles.

“There’s a definite hunger for this,” says Coursol. “Restaurants have been and can be a place for local culture and local performers and artists of all levels.”

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cultural council news Crallé Physical Therapy Services, PA Muse Award finalists and recipients will be chosen through a competitive nomination process. Each nomination will be reviewed and scored by judges who are artists, community leaders, past recipients and Cultural Council board members. The judges will choose three finalists and select the award recipient.

Nominations can be e-mailed, mailed or hand delivered to the Cultural Council.

For nomination guidelines, please visit www.palmbeachculture.com.

Tickets to the Muse gala dinner and awards show are $250 each. For reservations, please call (561) 472-3330. All proceeds from the Muse Awards benefit the Cultural Council’s art education programs.

Muse Awards Nominations Due November 16

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The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is preparing to honor individuals and organizations whose contributions to art and culture help to bolster Palm Beach County’s status as Florida’s Cultural Capital. The 2010 Muse Awards − Celebrating Arts and Cultural Excellence in Palm Beach County − will take place on February 27, 2010, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts’ Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach.

Members of the community have the opportunity to nominate outstanding organizations, board members, staff, sponsors, volunteers, advocates, donors, educators, unsung heroes and others who make their mark on our cultural landscape. Nominations in the following categories will be accepted until 5 p.m. on November 16: • • • •

Civic Leader Cultural Leader Arts Educator Arts & Cultural Organization (Budget under $500,000) • Arts & Cultural Organization (Budget over $500,000 • Art or Cultural Program of the Year • Hector Ubertalli Award for Visual Artists

'Sneak Peek' Soiree Launches Exciting New Cultural Season Hailed as the “Best Young Friends Bash”

by The Palm Beach Post, the Sixth Annual Young Friends “Sneak Peek” Season Soiree kicked off the new cultural season on October

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INTRODUCING the first FREE-STANDING STATE-of-the-ART HYPERBARIC FACILITY in Palm Beach County

Fred Shapiro, Robert J. Debbs, Deirdre Sykes Shapiro and Mark Resnick (pictured at the 2008 Sneak Peek Soiree)

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15 at the Harriet Himmel Theatre at CityPlace in West Palm Beach. Co-chaired by Fred Shapiro and Deirdre Sykes Shapiro, the event offered an unprecedented evening of cultural fun targeting socially savvy arts patrons from age 25-50.

Hosted by the Cultural Council and participating young friends groups, the Soiree raises funds for the Cultural Council’s art education programs while giving cultural organizations a stage for the unveiling of their 20092010 seasons as well as volunteer and membership opportunities. Participating cultural organizations included: •

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Culture & Cocktails Continues to Entertain Patrons Culture & Cocktails Set to Return for New Season

Pictured at the final Culture & Cocktails event of the 2008-2009 season are Gigi Maxwell, Kipper Lance and Christina Orr-Cahall.

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As this edition of art&culture went to press, plans were being finalized for the fifth season of the popular Culture & Cocktails series held at Café Boulud in Palm Beach (and, next February, at the Boca Raton Resort and Club). The insightful and entertaining conversations are free for members of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council at the $175 level and above. The cost for others to attend is $35 per person. All proceeds benefit the Cultural Council.

The new season’s first event, scheduled for N ovember 9, will be “Art from the Heart − A Conversation with Professional Artists.” Speakers are expected to include digital media artist Laurence Gartel, fine art photographer Barry Seidman and acclaimed actress and singer Avery Sommers. Elayna Toby Singer, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places administrator, will be the moderator.

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Last spring, the 2008-2009 season concluded with an informative, frequently humor-filled discussion billed as “Cultural Herstory − A Conversation with Three Leading Ladies.” Panelists Rena Blades, president and CEO of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council; Judy Mitchell, chief executive officer of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts; and Christina Orr-Cahall, former director of the N orton Museum of Art, were joined by moderator Jan Sjostrom, arts editor of The Palm Beach Daily News.

In addition to swapping anecdotes and insights based on their careers, the conversation also included a tribute to Orr-Cahall, who was preparing to move to Seattle.

Other topics of conversation during the 2009-2010 season of Culture & Cocktails will include the intricacies of producing Broadway shows, the burgeoning arts scene in South Palm Beach County and a look at contemporary art. The events include: December 14 – BURT! A Conversation with Burt Reynolds; interviewed by Suzanne N iedland, chair, Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theater January 11 − No Biz Like Show Biz: A Conversation about Big Time Producing, featuring Vicki Halmos, producer of Avenue Q and founder of the Palm Beach Principal Players; Rodger Hess, producer of numerous Broadway shows including revivals of Macbeth and 1776; and moderator Andrew Kato, artistic director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre February 1 (at the Boca Raton Resort & Club) − Cultural Bounty / South County: A Conversation about the Booming Art Scene in Boca and Delray; with George Bolge, executive director, Boca Raton Museum of Art; Clive Cholerton, artistic and marketing director, Caldwell Theatre; Daisy Fulton, executive director, EPOCH and Spady Museum; Joe Gillie, executive

director, Old School Square Cultural Art Center; Amy Hever, director of advancement, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens; Charlie Siemon, festival chair, Festival of the Arts BOCA; Marshall Turkin, president, Boca Symphonia; and moderator Steve Abrams, Palm Beach County Commissioner March 8 − In the Know of N ow: A Conversation about Contemporary Art, featuring Cheryl Brutvan, curator of contemporary art, Norton Museum of Art; Tim Eaton, owner, Eaton Fine Art; Elayne Mordes, owner, Whitespace – The Mordes Collection; and moderator Kara WalkerTomé, independent curator April 19 − Fathers and Other Heroes: A Conversation with Best-Selling Author Brad Meltzer; interviewed by Scott Eyman, books editor, The Palm Beach Post For more information or to RSVP, please call the Cultural Council at (561) 472-3330.

Teacher’s Guide Helps Connect Students to the Arts With the publication of the fourth edition of its Teacher’s Guide to Art and Culture in Palm Beach County, the Cultural Council once again has provided teachers and students with a valuable resource for art education.

The guide contains vital information for all K-12 teachers about art education programs at 59 non-profit cultural organizations, all of which are Cultural Council members. Many of their programs are free or low-cost and are available through curriculum-based field trips or in-school presentations. The book includes program descriptions, contact information and details about grade levels served, costs and which programs meet 2009-10 Sunshine State Standards.

The Office Depot Foundation generously printed 12,000 copies of the guide, which the Cultural Council has distributed throughout the School District of Palm Beach County and also to private, charter and home-school teachers. It is also available at www.palmbeachculture.com.

The guide is designed to help teachers form on-going partnerships with cultural organizations close to their schools or homes. These partnerships often lead to strong bonds between education, community, art and culture. These bonds, in turn, can enrich students’ cultural experiences and lead to after-school programs, volunteer opportunities, internships, scholarships and even jobs.

The Teacher’s Guide to Art and Culture in Palm Beach County is sponsored in part by the Office Depot Foundation, the Lawrence A. Sanders Foundation, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council and the N ational Endowment for the Arts.

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{inside culture} cultural council news County Stimulus Funds Fuel Innovative Tourism Marketing Campaigns In an innovative step to help fuel the tourism industry, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners approved

are taking bold steps to combat the decrease in tourism,” says Rena Blades, Cultural Council President and CEO. “This is an unprecedented collaboration that will spur the local economy and provide visitors with great values.”

a $3-million stimulus package at the beginning of the summer to enable Tourism Development Council (TDC) agencies to help attract tourists and raise short-term bed tax receipts.

Of the $3 million, $2 million went to the Convention and Visitors Bureau, while the remaining $1 million was divided among four TDC agencies: the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Sports Commission, Environmental Resource Management and Film and Television Commission.

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The Cultural Council and CVB are using the funds for campaigns that highlight the county’s year-long centennial celebration. Hotel visitors can “Unlock 100 Years of Culture” with Culture Key, a special 2-for-1 discount on tickets to

more than 30 cultural attractions. In addition, the CVB’s 1909 Founder’s Day Package provides hotel rooms for $19.09 after a minimum stay of two to four nights.

The Cultural Council received $473,500 in stimulus funds for out-of-county marketing. It is using 20 percent of these funds for co-op advertising in publications, websites and electronic media, while the remaining funds were granted to approximately 35 major and mid-size cultural organizations for out-of-county marketing efforts.

“Thanks to the TDC agencies’ collective efforts and the Board of County Commissioners’ support, many more potential visitors will hear about great vacation values throughout Palm Beach County and the wonderful culture to enjoy while here,” Blades adds.

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Artists Answer Artavox’s Calling Approximately 300 Palm Beach County artists and guests attended the third annual Artavox celebration earlier this year at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum in Boynton Beach. Artavox, which serves as the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s annual membership event, showcases the expansive creativity in our artist community with an evening of food, drink, video displays, performances and art installations.

Attendees viewed images from 75 artists on a 12-foot video screen, while performers took the stage in the quaint amphitheater adjacent to the schoolhouse. Guitarist and vocalist Suzanne Cannon started the evening with her

Artovox Host Committee Members Debby Coles-Dobay, Mary Dunning, Lucy M.F. Keshavarz, Elayna Toby Singer and Sharon Koskoff

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country-tinged tunes. Dr. Jeff Morgan followed with his reflective poetry. Eric Akers and Conrad Maignan played jazzy, world music before the Palm Beach Atlantic Artists Collective dance troupe performed.

Michael Moses, the Grammy-nominated world musician, closed the set with his trio. Surrounding the area were three site-specific installations created by Sharon Koskoff, Claire Paul and Bev Snow.

“Artavox is truly a community event,” says Rena Blades, Cultural Council President and CEO. “Many people in the art community work collectively to stage this celebration. The collaborations and artists’ enthusiasm is almost as exciting as the great work the organizers and attendees create.”

Open to all county artists, the celebration was hosted by the Cultural Council in partnership with Artists of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, the City of Boynton Beach Art in Public Places and the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency. During the event, the Artavox host committee (Kathy Biscuiti, Debby Coles-Dobay, Mary Dunning, Lucy M.F. Keshavarz, Sharon Koskoff and Elayna Toby Singer) awarded the inaugural Artavox Choice Award to Steven N ussdorf for his pencil drawing, “On the Edge of the Bed.” Sponsors included the Ocean Avenue Green Market, Arts Radio N etwork, PRP Wine, Ellie’s Catering and Culligan Water.

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The Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s Art Education Programs were the beneficiaries of Design Forward, a highly innovative interior design showcase featuring the work of seven young designers. Working individually or in teams, they transformed a 2,000-square-foot, post-and-beam warehouse loft in West Palm Beach into a cutting-edge array of different rooms with environmentally conscious furnishings. The project emphasized resourcefulness and recycling as well as prudent use of funds and labor. Each space cost under $3,000 to create.

Mary Brittain Cudlip designed the kitchen; Caroline Cummings and Georgia Tapert designed the living area; Mary and Tara Tobin designed the bedroom; Carlton DeWoody designed the den; and Hilary Jordan designed the office. “Design Forward was a spectacular first-year showcase, and demonstrated that there are young people in the Palm Beaches creating less traditional designs...and on a budget!” Jordan notes.

The showcase was hosted by Hilary Jordan and Dack Patriarca. Premiere party chairs were Benjamin Macfarland III and Christina Macfarland, while the honorary chairs were Palm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons and artist Bruce Helander. Sponsors included Taverna Opa CityPlace, Roco’s Tacos, Grease Burger Bar, Real Good Designs, Palm Beach Philanthropy, Fuse Dog Media, IKEA, Regal Paint Center, Benjamin Moore Paints, Garden Designs, Bradford Tonic, Circa Who, Hotel Biba and Groovy Palm Beach Vintage. The project raised approximately $20,000 for the Cultural Council.

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cultural compendium Palm Beach County Artist Blane De St. Croix Featured Among Cultural Consortium Honorees Blane De St. Croix of Delray Beach is the Palm Beach County recipient of a 2009 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship. The Consortium, an alliance of the arts councils of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Martin Counties, awards the fellowships each year to five visual artists from Miami-Dade County, three from Broward County, one from Palm Beach County and one from Monroe County.

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{inside culture} cultural compendium An exhibition featuring the works of the 10 recipients is on view at University Galleries in the Florida Atlantic University School of the Arts in Boca Raton through October 30.

In addition to De St. Croix, associate professor of sculpture in FAU’s Department of Visual Arts and Art History, two of the other artists have ties to FAU − including Nancy Spielman (Broward County), who graduated from the master of fine arts program in 2006; and Gean Moreno (Miami-Dade County), who taught at FAU as an adjunct professor in Fall 2008 and acted as juror for a two-part student exhibition. Rod Faulds, director of University Galleries, was one of the regional panelists that reviewed the submissions by this year’s entrants.

For further information about the exhibition, call (561) 297-2661 or visit www.fau.edu/galleries.

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Artist Jodi Lee paints the Barbie mural at the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.

The Celebration Continues: New Barbie® Exhibit Opens at MLFH ®

The venerable Barbie Doll turned 50 in March 2009 – and the occasion of her first half-century continues to be celebrat-

ed both far and wide. The latest tribute ® can be found in Barbie : The Golden Anniversary − an anthropological and history exhibit organized by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History.

More than 500 vintage Barbies, friends, family members and accessories

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cultural compendium are showcased in this multi-media exhibit, which will be on display until April 1, 2010, at the museum’s temporary home in the Boynton Beach Mall, 801 N . Congress Ave., Boynton Beach. Highlights include an original 1959 Barbie, a 1964 Bubble Hairdo Barbie, N ASCAR Barbie, Miss America Barbie, Arctic Barbie, N ative American Barbie, Sign-language Barbie and many others.

Collectors from throughout Palm Beach County have loaned their treasures for the exhibit. AES Interiors of Delray Beach created the décor design, which evokes a 1950s retro style and incorporates hot pink and a zebra print color design. Mural artist Jodi Lee of Lake Worth was commissioned to paint the interior design.

The exhibit also commemorates the Museum of Lifestyle and Fashion History’s 10th anniversary. For more information, visit www.mlfhmuseum.org or call (561) 243-2662.

A scene from A Matter of Size – the opening night film of the 2009 Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival.

Jewish to enjoy Levy’s rye bread,’ we say you don’t have to be Jewish to love the PBJFF − you just have to love films!”

The 2009 festival’s opening night film is scheduled to be A Matter of Size − a comedy about four overweight friends from an industrial town in Israel who drop

out of a dieting club, decide to become sumo wrestlers and in the process learn to accept themselves and find love.

The festival schedule was due to be announced in early October. Please visit www.palmbeachjewishfilm.org to find times, locations and ticket information.

Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival Marks 20th Anniversary Characterized by the Palm Beach ArtsPaper’s Hap Erstein as “the area’s most consistently high-quality conglomeration of movies,” the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival (PBJFF) is preparing its 20th anniversary edition.

The festival will take place from December 2 to 13 with screenings of films at three Palm Beach County locations: the Regal Delray 18, 1660 S. Federal Highway in Delray Beach; the Cobb Downtown 16, 11701 Lake Victoria Dr. in Palm Beach Gardens; and Wellington Reel World Theatre, 13881 Wellington Trace in Wellington.

Presented by the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches as part of its community-building mission, the PBJFF “has always created a broad community of Jews and non-Jews,” notes Festival Director Karen Davis. “Just as the ad used to say, ‘You don’t have to be

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Physicians’ Creative Side Captured in ‘The Art of Medicine’ Exhibit Doctors are well-known for their skills with the scalpel and other tools of the sciences. In September, the Elaine Baker Gallery in Boca Raton displayed their artistic side in “The Art of Medicine” – an exhibition of works created by medical professionals with a passion for the arts.

According to gallery representatives, “The exhibited paintings, sculpture and photographs revealed Man in the Waiting Room, remarkable skills oil on canvas, by that extend beyond Jamie Morhaim, MD the examination room. In the time of a health care crisis, this exhibit served as an uplifting event which shows that medicine is beautiful as opposed to a menacing political issue.”

More than three dozen individuals with specialties ranging from anesthesiology and radiology to dentistry and even veterinary medicine participated.

Emmy Award-winning Sidewalk in light and shadow physician Ferdie II, acrylic on canvas, by Norman Wald, MD “The Fight Doctor” Pacheco was among the exhibitors.

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cultural compendium Two New Exhibits Cater to Kids in South County New exhibits at the Children’s Museum of Boca Raton and the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach provide opportunities for children to have fun – and learn a bit at the same time.

In Boca Raton, the Children’s Museum will play host to “The Wonders of Children’s Museums” from N ovember 18 through January 31, 2010. The traveling exhibit was developed by the Children’s Museum of Naples (C’mon), which is scheduled to open a new 30,000-square-foot facility next year. It features a scaled model of the Banyan Tree, the centerpiece exhibit at the future C’mon; a parent resource center; a small exhibit of various cultural masks; and a series of banners explaining how children’s museums help families play, learn and dream together.

The exhibit also features hands-on activities. Children are encouraged to play by exploring different careers, observing the cultural masks and discussing how they are different, and writing their dreams for the future on recycled paper that is imbedded with seeds, which they can take home, plant and watch their dreams grow.

Find out more by calling the Children’s Museum of Boca Raton at (561) 368-6875 or visiting www.cmboca.org.

Meanwhile, the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is preparing to introduce “Japan Through the Eyes of a Child,” an interactive, hands-on exhibit aimed at elementary school-aged children, their families and classmates. The extensive, multifaceted

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The replica of a Japanese street at the Morikami gives children a taste of what life is like halfway around the world.

exhibit will debut in its new home in the Morikami Yamato-kan (the original Morikami Museum building), on November 7.

Donated to the Morikami by the National Children’s Museum in Washington, D.C., and underwritten by the Kohnken Family Foundation, the exhibit features four Japanese “environments” that transport young visitors from Florida to far-off Japan, allowing them to step into another country and experience it first-hand.

Children will be able to experience Japan’s famed Shinkansen Bullet Train and a classroom as well as a neighborhood shopping street with an electronics store, a kimono shop and stores selling folk toys and box lunches. They will also enter a Japanese house and see for themselves how their counterparts across the Pacific live at home. For more information, call (561) 495-0233 or visit www.morikami.org.

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Palm Beach Poetry Festival – Back Again in 2010 Although the sixth annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF) at Old School Square in Delray Beach doesn’t begin until January 18, 2010, several key dates are approaching for those who want to learn about, listen to and create poetry for the event.

“Eight of America’s most gifted poets will be in Delray Beach to teach six advanced and two intermediate poetry workshops, once again offering a great learning opportunity to local poets,” says PBPF Director Miles Coon. “In addition, two Florida poets and two well-known performance poets will give public readings.

“The festival will also offer numerous opportunities for the public to hear truly great poetry, written from and for our time, read by poets who engage and enthrall the audience,” adds Coon. “They are a diverse group, ethnically, demographically and aesthetically. When people hear them, they will hear America singing.”

Festival tickets went on sale October 15 through the PBPF website (www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org) and at the Crest Theatre Box Office at Old School Square.

Individuals interested in participating in the PBPF workshops must apply for admission and submit three poems for review. The admission process ensures that all participants will make meaningful contributions to discussions. In addition, the workshops will help improve editing skills and/or stimulate the writing of new poems.

Application forms are available at the PBPF website and must be submitted by November 2.

Meanwhile, the entry deadline for the sixth annual High School Poetry Contest is December 1. Open to Palm Beach County public and private high school students in grades 9-12, the contest will once again be judged by Jeff Morgan, professor of English at Lynn University. In addition to cash prizes and an opportunity to read their poems at the awards presentation ceremony just before the Florida Poets Reading in the Crest Theatre, the winner and four runners-up will receive free tickets to festival events. All prize-winning poems will be published on the festival website.

The 2010 festival will feature 12 award-winning poets, including Mary Cornish, Stephen Dobyns, Carolyn Forché, Andrea Gibson, Jay Hopler, Marie Howe, Ilya Kaminsky, Thomas Lux, Anis Mojgani, Sidney Wade, David Wojahn and Kevin Young.

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Rae Randall and John Carlile with students from Jupiter Farms Elementary School

(CCE) honored a number of artists for their exceptional efforts to stretch children’s imaginations. The Ralph Hamilton Award for the year’s outstanding in-classroom project went to John Carlile and Rae Randall for their “Interdependence of Plants and Insects” program with third graders at Jupiter Farms Elementary School. Honorable Mention went to Ronni Gerstel for her Harlem Renaissance project with the fourth grade students at UB Kinsey Elementary School. The Ralph Hamilton Award winners for the outstanding after-school project were Graciela Binaghi, Jean Hart Howard, Dave Tripp and Jashua SaRa for their “Rites of Passage Celebration” project at West Riviera Elementary Beacon. Honorable Mention went to Kaki Holt for her “Plant and Eat a Rainbow” project at Belvedere Elementary School.

Florida Atlantic University recently broke ground for a new classroom and office building on the Boca Raton campus that also will house a movie complex to be operated by Living Room Theaters (LRT). The $19million, 73,000-square-foot facility will house 14 classrooms, conference rooms and office space for the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

One wing of the first floor will house a state-of-the-art, all-digital movie complex with four separate theaters and a café – the first of its kind on a university campus. The complex will feature films that are rarely shown in mainstream theaters and will emphasize new releases from around the world. It is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2010.

Kenneth Kay has joined the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre as executive director. A veteran actor and director with nearly 200 professional stage productions to his credit, Kay earned his Equity card after completing a one-year professional internship at the former Burt Reynolds’ Institute for Theatre Training in 1981. He was most recently the executive and producing artistic director of the Mariam and Robert Hayes Performing Arts Center and the Blowing Rock Stage Company in N orth Carolina. Earlier in his career, he served as the director of outreach programs and artistic associate with the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton.

The recipient of four Carbonell Awards for directing, Kay is married to actress Kim Cozort.

Students as well as professionals from Florida Classical Ballet Theatre and its dance school, The Esther Center, performed their original ballet, For Such a Time as This, The Story of Queen Esther in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this year. The ballet was conceived and choreographed by the theater’s artistic director, Colleen Smith. While on their tour, the troupe presented the ballet in a women’s maximum security prison, a girl’s correctional facility, a church, a subway station and a coffee house.

Ten of the school’s upper division students, ranging in age from 13 to 18, along with four professionals from the theater participated in the trip. “It was a chance of a lifetime for our students and professionals to be able to bring our ballet to the people of Budapest,” Smith said.

Florida Classical Ballet Theatre dancers perform in Budapest.

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Officers elected to lead the Northern Palm Beaches Cultural Alliance for 2009-2010 include Chair Roger Buckwalter from the FAU Honors College, Vice Chair Linda White of ArtStage, Secretary Carol Davis from the Hibel Museum of Art and Treasurer N ancy Denholm of Palm Beach Community College’s Eissey Campus Theatre. The non-profit Cultural Alliance brings together cultural organizations and supporters from the business, government and media sectors in northern Palm Beach County. The Alliance helps to raise the visibility of north county cultural institutions and programs through publication of a cultural guide brochure, a website with links to local cultural groups, Business After Hours events and other promotional opportunities. Visit the Alliance website at npbculturalalliance.org.

Julie Rowe is the new director of education for the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA) at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Rowe comes to the Maltz from American Stage Theatre Company in St. Petersburg, Fla. She has worked at Camp Broadway in New York City and has been an adjunct professor in the musical theater program at Belmont University, an education coordinator at Tennessee Repertory Theatre and the project manager of the Juvenile Justice Theatre Workshop for at-risk teenagers. An award-winning actress in Nashville and Tampa Bay, Rowe received the Professional Achievement Award for Arts and Humanities from the College of Arts and Sciences at Idaho State University, her alma mater, in 2005.

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Frank Eberling, owner of Palm Beach Film Group, is producing and directing TURKLES − a youth-oriented, full-length feature film based on his original screenplay. The story of a group of eighth graders who monitor loggerhead turtle activity in the summer and join forces to track down a gang of turtle egg poachers is being shot primarily in Jupiter and Juno Beach.

Utilizing local actors and crews, Eberling is working in conjunction with the Motion Picture and Television Department of Palm Beach Community College as well as The Burt Reynolds Institute of Film and Theatre. To learn more about the project, visit www.turkles.tv.

Palm Beach County children’s author Donna Gephart’s first novel, As if Being 12¾ Isn’t Bad Enough, My Mother is Running for President, received the 2009 Sid Fleischman Humor Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. The book tells the story of young Vanessa Rothrock, who has enough problems dealing with the social scene at school when she suddenly finds herself thrown into the spotlight − and the unwelcome scrutiny − that comes with her mother’s presidential campaign.

The novel also received a Florida Book Award (silver medal) and was a Children’s Choice selection.

Gephart’s second novel is due from Delacorte Press/Random House in early 2010. She was profiled in the Fall 2008 issue of art&culture.

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cultural council membership Your membership in the Palm Beach County Cultural Council enables us to provide valuable programs and services to cultural organizations, artists and thousands of school children each year.

In return for your tax-deductible contribution, you’ll enjoy these valuable benefits.

FRIEND $60 $125 $175

PATRON $550

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art&culture is the awardwinning magazine of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.

Enjoy in-depth features, compelling interviews and behind-the-scenes looks at the innovators and places that shape Palm Beach County’s rich cultural landscape.

Benefit of membership at any level.

Cultural Calendar The ultimate guide to arts and cultural events in Palm Beach County. Includes comprehensive listings for museum exhibitions, festivals, dance and music performances, children’s events, workshops and more.

Benefit of membership at any level.

CultureCard Member discount card

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Cultural Card Your passport to incredible savings! Use the card to access ticket discounts, 2-for-1 admissions, and monthly special offers at dozens of cultural institutions in Palm Beach County.

Benefit at $175 level and above.

JOIN TODAY!

On-Line: www.palmbeachculture.com

By Phone: 561-472-3330

Cultural & Cocktails

Additional information on corporate or individual memberships at higher levels, please contact our Membership Department at 561-471-2901.

Join our guest panelists for six evenings of exciting cultural “conversations” on art, literature, entertainment and more. Wine and hors d’oeuvres served. Held during season at Café Boulud.

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free within the State of Florida 1-800435-7352. Registration does not imply endorsement or approval.

Complimentary admission with membership at $175 level and above.

RSVP required at 561-472-3330.

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{inside culture} In gratitude to our members and supporters whose generous gifts of $500 and greater help us accomplish our mission Mr. Jorge Pesquera

Mr. and Mrs. Doug Anderson

Ms. Kathryn Fox-Winokur

Mr. Daniel J. Leahy

Mr. Clarence E. Anthony PBS&J

Mrs. Florence Free

Ms. Margo Lefton

Ms. Jennifer Garrigues Jennifer Garrigues, Inc.

Mr. Paul N. Leone Mrs. Ellen F. Liman

Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Robert Gittlin JKG Group

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Benson

Mr. J. Arthur Goldberg

Mr. John Loring

Edwards, Angell, Palmer,

Ms. JoAnne Berkow Rosetta Stone Fine Art

Mr. Craig D. Grant PNC Bank

Dr. Catherine Lowe

Dodge, LLP

Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Michael Ludwig

Mrs. Regina Porten

Mr. and Mrs. John Blades

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Dr. A. Carter Pottash

Mr. Holden Luntz

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Puder

Ms. Carol Barnett Publix Supermarket Charities

Ms. Carole Boucard Boca Raton Resort & Club Mr. Michael J. Bracci Northern Trust Bank of Florida, N.A. Mr. J. Daniel Brede Lawrence A. Sanders Foundation Mr. Howard Bregman Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Mr. and Mrs. Francois Brutsch Business Development Board Mr. and Mrs. John K. Castle Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Mr. Gus Davis Ms. Pamela O. Dean The Harris Bank Dr. Richard P. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Elia Mrs. Cecile Draime Mr. and Mrs. Alexander W. Dreyfoos Mr. Timothy A. Eaton Eaton Fine Art Ms. Debra Elmore A.K. Consulting Mr. George T. Elmore Hardrives, Inc. Mrs. Wilma Elmore Mr. & Mrs. Jack Farber Mrs. Marjorie S. Fisher Marjorie S. Fisher Fund Mrs. Shirley Fiterman Miles & Shirley Fiterman Charitable Foundation

The Breakers Liman Studio Gallery

Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce

Holden Luntz Gallery

Mr. and Mrs. Homer J. Hand Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Mr. Herbert S. Hoffman Hoffman Companies

Mr. Rod Macon Florida Power & Light Mr. Milton S. Maltz The Malrite Company Mrs. Betsy K. Matthews

Ms. Judy A. Hoffman Profile Marketing Research

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Matthews

Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau Ms. Lisa H. Peterfreund Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation Mr. Dana T. Pickard

Ms. Joyce Reingold Palm Beach Daily News Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Rodusky Mr. Leon M. Rubin Rubin Communications Group Mr. Lewis M. Schott Mr. Gary Schweikhart

Mrs. Sydelle Meyer

PR-BS, Inc.

Ms. Beverlee Miller

The Scripps Research Institute,

Mrs. Sydell L. Miller

Scripps Florida

Mrs. Herme de Wyman Miro

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Seidman

Ms. Jane Mitchell

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sharf

Ms. JoAnne Rioli Moeller

Ms. Muriel F. Siebert

Office Depot

Mr. Michael D. Simon

Mrs. Mary Montgomery

Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart P.A.

Mr. Robert S.C. Kirschner Passport Publications & Media Corporation

Mr. Adam Munder

Ms. Catherine Sincavage

Rednum Capital Partners

Ms. Biba St. Croix

Northern Palm Beach County

Gallery Biba

Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Kohnken Kohnken Family Foundation

Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Dom A. Telesco

The Omphoy Resort

Mrs. Patricia G. Thorne

Ms. Judy Oppel

Ms. Phyllis Tick

Ms. Ann E. Howard John C. & Mary Jane Howard Foundation Ms. Hilary Jordan Mr. Kenn Karakul Mr. and Mrs. James S. Karp Ms. Judith Katz Mr. and Mrs. Amin J. Khoury B/E Aerospace, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Berton E. Korman Mrs. Molly Foreman-Kozel

Palm Beach Jewelry,

Mr. Raymond E. Kramer, III Beasley, Hauser, Kramer, Leonard & Galardi, P.A.

Art & Antique Show

Ms. Kathi Kretzer Kretzer Piano

Ms. Debby M. Oxley Harvey E. Oyer, III, Esq. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis J. Parker

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Vecellio, Jr. Mrs. Margaret A. Vrane The Wachovia Foundation William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kushnick

Palm Beach Civic Association

Mrs. Emily Landau

The Palm Beach Post

Office Depot Foundation

Ms. Wendy U. Larsen, Esq. Siemon & Larsen, P.A.

Mr. Dack Patriarca

WXEL

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Payson

Ms. Ruth Young

Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Lavine

Midtown Payson Galleries

The Colony - Palm Beach

Ms. Mary Wong

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{next issue – winter 2010}

Preserving the Everglades

Photo by David Lamfrom

Artfully

In January 2010, Palm Beach County will host the 25th annual conference of the Everglades Coalition – an alliance of more than 50 local, state and national conservation and environmental organizations dedicated to full restoration of the greater Everglades ecosystem. To celebrate the conference and welcome its participants, the county, several cities and the Palm Beach County School District are proclaiming 2010 “The Year of the Everglades.”

In the next issue of art&culture, we’ll explore a wide range of ways in which our local cultural community and the Palm Beach County Cultural Council will be supporting the Everglades Conference – and creatively spreading the word about the critical importance of this fragile environmental treasure. (For conference information, please visit www.evergladescoalition.org.)

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